Manual of hypodermic medication / by Bourneville and Bricon ; translated from the second edition by Andrew S. Currie.
- Désiré-Magloire Bourneville
- Date:
- 1887
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Manual of hypodermic medication / by Bourneville and Bricon ; translated from the second edition by Andrew S. Currie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![it causes, and also because it offers no advantage over ad- ministration by the mouth. The doses recommended by M. Seifert have since been exceeded by several observers, but the results obtained were not constant. This substance is of much less therapeutic value than atropine. [See an interesting paper by Dr. Murrell on Agaric in the Practitioner, vol. 29, p. 821. Administered per orem it is very apt to induce intractable diarrhoea. Dr. Murrell has found it of use in some cases of haemoptysis. Trans.'] ALBUMEN. (See Injectiones Nutrientes Hypodermicæ). ALCOHOL. Alcohol has been used hypodermically both by itself and also as a vehicle. Without speaking of its use in surgical operations on certain tumours or cavities, alcohol has been largely used as a diffusible stimulant (Zuelzer), in the treatment of local pains (Luton), or as a haemo- static (Luton).0 It produces at the point of contact a smarting sensation which speedily subsides. For hypodermic use, alcohol at a temperature of 90° F. is best. At a higher temperature there is risk of burning the tissues, and, even at this temperature, if the injection is made too near the extremities there is the same risk. At a lower temperature the fluid tends to diffuse and its local effects are proportionately less intense, but then one is administering a stimulating injection with a general action. The doses must be calculated according * We have not found it superior in action to a saturated solution of sea salt.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2813039x_0064.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
